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John Zobolas
Currently employed as a PhD candidate at the Department of Biology, NTNU
Education
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
M.Eng in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Athens, Greece
2007 - 2013
Thesis: Optimal Power Allocation in the uplink of Two-Tier Wireless Femtocell
Networks
Diploma grade: 8.4
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)
MSc in Computer Science
Athens, Greece
2013 - 2015
Thesis: SkyLighting Web Application with three.js
Diploma grade: 9.4
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
PhD in Computational Biology
Trondheim, Norway
2017 - 2021 (expected)
I am currently enrolled in the PhD programme in Medical Technology, while being a member of the multidisciplinary DrugLogics group in the department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (St. Olav’s University Hospital). My research interests include:
- Logical modeling of molecular networks and cancer cell systems
- Computer simulations and analysis of synergistic drug combinations
- Mathematical models that describe drug synergy
- Software development mostly in the area of data interoperability and biocuration
Professional Experience
Database Performance Testing
Commsquare
Athens, Greece
2013 - 2014
- Testing different DB engines (MyISAM, XtraDB, TokuDB)
- Tuning the OS filesystem (Linux)
- Tuning the server’s database configuration parameters
- Optimizing the table schema, indexes and query performance
- Maximize insertion speed performance
Linux Systems Engineer
Commsquare
Athens, Greece
2014 - 2015
- Administration/Monitoring of Linux servers & Databases
- Managing Customer Service Software & Support Ticket System
- Installation of Datamon software
- Software testing
Selected Publications and Posters
CausalTAB: the PSI-MITAB 2.8 updated format for signalling data representation and dissemination
Bioinformatics, btz132, https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btz132
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L Perfetto, M.L Acencio, G Bradley, G Cesareni, N Del Toro, D Fazekas, H Hermjakob, T Korcsmaros, M Kuiper, A Lægreid, P Lo Surdo, R C Lovering, S Orchard, P Porras, P D Thomas, V Touré, J Zobolas, L Licata
Awards and Scholarships
Program «Great Moment for Education», Eurobank
Award for the highest grade in the Panhellenic examinations
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2007
Program «Study with Scholarship», EqualSociety
Scholarship that paid for the MSc in Computer Science (AUEB)
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2013
Music
School of Piano and Harmony
Graduated with honours from Anagennisi Conservatory
Athens, Greece
2000 - 2007
Pianist
Worked as a pianist in Konstantinidis pastry shops
Goudi, Athens
2009 - 2012